For those of you who are familiar with Soviet history, you may recognize the term Apparatchik. One definition signifies a body of state agents who are chartered with the goal of preserving the Soviet State and health of the Party. These individuals worked in various capacities, charged with acting in the interest of the Regime to preserve and extend power. All at the cost of truth, liberty and justice of the very people the Soviets claimed to protect. Well known is…

Editor’s Note: This was completed prior to the election on November 8, 2016. While Donald Trump won, the concepts are illustrative of the need for the traditional media outlets to construct a reality to support their candidate of choice. It takes a Potemkin Village Let that phrase sink in for a moment. What does it truly mean? Originally Potemkin villages were staged inspection points for Czar Katherine in Russia c 1780. As the Czar would travel her kingdoms, destinations along…